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Padrd Pio and the Novus Ordo Missae… By Fr. It is even more shocking to consider that Vatican II contained the most explicit and canonically binding recognition in the history of Christianity … For nearly 100 years, the Catholic Church operated under the guidelines of the First Vatican Council of 1870. The The Mass of Vatican II booklet features Latin texts of the Church's Liturgy with an unofficial English translation. Ralph M. McInerny. Second Vatican Council, also called Vatican II, (1962–65), 21st ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, announced by Pope John XXIII on January 25, 1959, as a means of spiritual renewal for the church and as an occasion for Christians separated from Rome to join in a search for Christian unity. What Went Wrong with Vatican II: The Catholic Crisis Explained.

Padre Pio (May 25, 1887-September 23, 1968) was beatified on May 2, 1999, by Pope John Paul II. May 5th is the feast day of the holy Pope, Saint Pius V, in the traditional calendar (prior to the liturgical changes of Vatican II). It is something introduced in 1969.

Below we post the link to a video of Padre Pio's last public Mass celebrated on Pius V's feast, exactly 64 years ago today! Roman Catholicism - Roman Catholicism - The church since Vatican II: The Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II, which took place from 1962 to 1965, was one of the most important councils in church history, and it profoundly changed the structures and practices of the church. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, addressed relations between the Catholic Church and the modern world. Softcover Holy Mass Jean, OFMcap and printed originally in the May 1999 issue of The Angelus magazine. Pope Francis invokes ‘magisterial authority’ to call Vatican II Mass ‘irreversible’ It remains unclear what precise 'irreversible' liturgical reform Pope Francis is alluding to. Mass facing the people is a not requirement of Vatican II; it is not in the spirit of Vatican II; it is definitely not in the letter of Vatican II. The Forgotten Teachings of the Council. That page discussed the possible move of "Mass of Paul VI" to "Vatican II Mass", not to "Post-Vatican II Mass". Time to stop making excuses for Vatican II and the New Mass Time to stop making excuses for Vatican II and the New Mass Opinion By LifeSiteNews.com

May 5th is the feast day of the holy Pope, Saint Pius V, in the traditional calendar (prior to the liturgical changes of Vatican II). Below we post the link to a video of Padre Pio's last public Mass celebrated on Pius V's feast, exactly 64 years ago today! On October 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica with a speech full of hope and promise. The liturgical reforms of Vatican II proclaimed the Mass as ‘source and summit of Christian life’ and encouraged the ‘full, conscious and active participation’ of all in the Eucharistic celebration. The pope’s opening address to Vatican II on October 11, 1962, made his intention clear: The Church, he said, must re-focus on Jesus Christ, from whom she “takes her name, her grace, and her total meaning.” The Church must put the Gospel proclamation of Jesus Christ, the answer to the question that is every human life, at the center of her self-understanding. At Vatican II, the apostles’ successors were conscious of cooperating with the Holy Spirit, as were the apostles at the Council of Jerusalem, so that they can say that their final decisions “seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us” (Acts 15:28). Chapter One. Padre Pio: on Vatican II & New Mass Padre Pio: on spirituality, Vatican II and the Novus Ordo Missae. The name "Post-Vatican II Mass" has come into use, as far as I can tell, only since about when that form of the Roman-Rite Mass ceased in 2002 to be exclusively Paul VI's with the publication of John Paul II's version. Pope John XXIII leads the opening session of the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica Oct. 11, 1962. And, by the way, never in the history of the Church, East or West, was there a tradition of celebrating Mass facing the people. The Latin prayers and responses of the booklet require no special permission to be used in the Liturgy--they are the already approved Latin text of the Mass.